Théodore Rousseau, 1855 - Forest of Fontainebleau, Cluster of Tall Trees - fine art print

Artwork description by the museum (© Copyright - by The J. Paul Getty Museum - www.getty.edu)

A live oak dominates this late afternoon landscape. Diffuse light from the overcast sky reflects off the pond and up into the branches. The boulders, grass and broken branches in the foreground are barely suggested and the single figure making his way around the pond followed by a herd of cows is thinly sketched.

Landscape painter Théodore Rousseau lived in the nearby village of Barbizon, returning often to the forest of Fontainebleau to paint. When commercial exploitation threatened the forest, Rousseau wrote to the Duke of Morny, an influential politician close to Napoleon III, to urge the preservation of the forest.

During the summer Rousseau made use of a special easel and lean-to to facilitate painting outdoors. This painting belongs to a category known as dessin-peinture in which the artist notes the composition on site in chalk and thin layers of paint, and then returns to the studio to enhance particular elements and unite the composition.

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About the artwork created by Théodore Rousseau

Forest of Fontainebleau, Cluster of Tall Trees was painted by Théodore Rousseau in 1855. The version of the work of art measures the size of 90,8 x 116,8 cm and was produced on the medium oil on canvas. Nowadays, this work of art can be viewed in in the digital collection of The J. Paul Getty Museum. With courtesy of: The J. Paul Getty Museum (public domain).Additionally, the artpiece has the following creditline: . The alignment of the digital reproduction is in landscape format and has a ratio of 4 : 3, meaning that the length is 33% longer than the width. The painter Théodore Rousseau was an artist from France, whose art style can be attributed mainly to Realism. The Realist painter was born in 1812 in Paris, France and died at the age of 55 in 1867.

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